Tractor-trailer jackknifed on Route 33

No one was injured when a tractor-trailer jackknifed Saturday morning on Route 33 in Hamilton Township, closing the road for about five hours, state police said.

No one was injured when a tractor-trailer jackknifed Saturday morning on Route 33 in Hamilton Township, closing the road for about five hours, state police said.

At 3 a.m., Kenneth R. Nitzke, 42, of New Jersey, was driving a 2009 Kenworth, hauling two trailers, north on Route 33 at mile-marker 25.6 when the Kenworth jackknifed, leaving the left side of the road, and its rear trailer rolled over in the center median. Both trailers opened and lost their loads.

Nitzke was wearing his seat belt.

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